so i went with my speaking partner, dorothy pitman, who was an african-american woman, and wherever we went was just astounding that there would be these huge crowds. >> obviously women's liberation is a big thing with you. >> yeah. >> and something, you know, that i would certainly like to incorporate -- >> but this isn't writing an essay and looking into a camera and reading it. >> i started to speak into public regularly. on the subject of women i thought i could explain it and make an emotional connection with an audience that perhaps, you know, was rare among speakers on the subject. women really do have a community of interest because we are relegated to menial and dehumanized positions simply because we are women. >> the atlantic city boardwalk, young women from new york and from as far away as bancroft, iowa, all members of the women's liberation movement, and what are they liberating themselves from? brassieres and high heels. female appurtenances they think mark them as women who accept an ideal of woman had dictated by men. >> use your brains, not your bodies. i tried weight